20 August Deaths

Published : 20 Aug 2019, 11:54

Jagoroniya Desk

August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, Roman son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (b. 12 BC)
535 – Mochta, Irish missionary and saint
651 – Oswine of Deira
768 – Eadberht of Northumbria
917 – Constantine Lips, Byzantine admiral
984 – Pope John XIV
1153 – Bernard of Clairvaux, French theologian and saint (b. 1090)
1158 – Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (b. 1100), Earl of Orkney and Saint
1297 – William Fraser, bishop and Guardian of Scotland
1348 – Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1319)
1384 – Geert Groote, Dutch preacher, founded the Brethren of the Common Life (b. 1340)
1386 – Bo Jonsson, royal marshal of Sweden
1471 – Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (b. 1413)
1528 – Georg von Frundsberg, German knight and landowner (b. 1473)
1572 – Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish navigator and politician, 1st Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1502)
1580 – Jerónimo Osório, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1506)
1611 – Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1548)
1639 – Martin Opitz, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1597)
1648 – Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1583)
1651 – Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish nobleman (b. 1612)
1672 – Cornelis de Witt, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1623)
1672 – Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (b. 1625)
1680 – William Bedloe, English spy (b. 1650)
1701 – Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1639)
1707 – Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
1773 – Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (b. 1701)
1785 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (b. 1714)
1823 – Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
1825 – William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)
1835 – Agnes Bulmer, English merchant and poet (b. 1775)
1854 – Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (b. 1801)
1859 – Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1811)[5]
1882 – James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)
1887 – Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
1893 – Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
1897 – Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
1912 – William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
1914 – Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
1915 – Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
1917 – Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
1919 – Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
1930 – Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
1936 – Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
1939 – Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)
1942 – István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (b. 1904)
1943 – William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (b. 1858)
1951 – İzzettin Çalışlar, Turkish general (b. 1882)
1961 – Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
1963 – Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
1965 – Jonathan Daniels, American seminarian and civil rights activist (b. 1939)
1971 – Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (b. 1951)
1979 – Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1922)
1980 – Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
1982 – Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (b. 1929)
1985 – Donald O. Hebb, Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1904)
1985 – Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken, German admiral (b. 1897)
1986 – Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1923)
1987 – Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach (b. 1909)
1993 – Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (b. 1912)
1995 – Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)
1996 – Rio Reiser, German singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
1997 – Norris Bradbury, American soldier, physicist, and academic (b. 1909)
1997 – Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (b. 1922)
2001 – Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (b. 1915)
2001 – Kim Stanley, American actress (b. 1925)
2005 – Thomas Herrion, American football player (b. 1981)
2005 – Krzysztof Raczkowski, Polish drummer and songwriter (b. 1970)
2006 – Bryan Budd, Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1977)
2006 – Joe Rosenthal, American photographer and journalist (b. 1911)
2006 – S. Sivamaharajah, Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher and politician (b. 1938)
2007 – Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman (b. 1920)
2008 – Ed Freeman, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)
2008 – Hua Guofeng, Chinese politician, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1921)
2008 – Stephanie Tubbs Jones, American lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
2008 – Gene Upshaw, American football player (b. 1945)
2009 – Larry Knechtel, American keyboardist and bass player (b. 1940)
2009 – Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator (b. 1932)
2010 – Đặng Phong, Vietnamese economist and historian (b. 1937)
2011 – Ram Sharan Sharma, Indian historian and academic (b. 1919)
2012 – Phyllis Diller, American actress and comedian (b. 1917)
2012 – Daryl Hine, Canadian-American poet and academic (b. 1936)
2012 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1916)
2012 – Len Quested, English footballer and manager (b. 1925)
2012 – Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (b. 1967)
2012 – Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1955)
2013 – Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
2013 – Narendra Dabholkar, Indian author and activist (b. 1945)
2013 – Don Hassler, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1929)
2013 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2013 – Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (b. 1918)
2013 – John W. Morris, American general (b. 1921)
2013 – Ted Post, American director and screenwriter (b. 1918)
2014 – Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (b. 1983)
2014 – Lois Mai Chan, Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (b. 1934)
2014 – Boris Dubin, Russian sociologist and academic (b. 1946)
2014 – B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (b. 1918)
2014 – Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1924)
2014 – Sava Stojkov, Serbian painter and educator (b. 1925)
2014 – Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (b. 1927)
2015 – Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (b. 1922)
2015 – Paul Kibblewhite, New Zealand chemist and engineer (b. 1941)
2015 – Frank Wilkes, Australian soldier and politician (b. 1922)
2017 – Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (b. 1926)
2018 – Uri Avnery, Israeli writer, politician and peace activist

Source: wikipedia

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